Queer Rising Marriage Equality Protest

5 Activists Arrested Today For Blocking Traffic In Front Of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Office In Political Demonstration To Support Marriage Equality

NEW YORK - In a bid to raise political pressure on the passage of a marriage equality law in the state of New York, members of the LGBTQ activist organization Queer Rising held a series of coördinated protests in New York City, culminating in the arrest of 5 of the group's members.

A Trio of Actions for Marriage Equality from David Wallace on Vimeo.

In one phase of the protests, balloons were released inside Grand Central Station and floated up to the iconic ceiling. The balloons were attached to a large sign, which called on New Yorkers to put pressure on their government to demand marriage equality, according to a press release issued by Queer Rising.

In another phase of the protests, several activists blocked traffic near the intersection of East 41st Street and Third Avenue during rush hour ; the location was just outside Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office. Once they blocked traffic, the activists unfurled a huge 75-foot banner that read, ''Marriage Equality NOW ! Call Cuomo : "518-474-8390 !!!'' Five members then handcuffed and chained themselves in the middle of the street. The activists, who were arrested, were identified to be : Natasha Dillon (26, lesbian activist); Kevin Donohue (51, gay Jewish activist); Melissa Kleckner (31, straight ally); Ali Lozano (20, lesbian student activist); and Robert Moore (30, gay Mormon activist).

In still yet another phase of today's protests, approximately 10 drag queens from a separate group calling itself Drag Queen Weddings for Equality organised a ''drag wedding'' at Grand Central to publicise the need for marriage equality in New York State. The drag queens then invited commuters to march in solidarity to Gov. Cuomo's office.

''Unwilling to wait any longer for equal rights and protection from the state of New York, Queer Rising is calling on all the New Yorkers to call the governor’s office and voice their support for marriage equality,'' the press release stated.

The Queer New York blog has published the text of the Queer Rising press release.

In North Shore-LIJ and Christine Quinn Plan for St. Vincent's, a Fear of Union-Busting

OP-ED : Update on Community Effort to Create a Hospital to Replace St. Vincent's in the Lower West Side of Manhattan

When a deal was announced for the transfer of bankruptcy assets from the 501(c)(3) charity that was St. Vincent's Hospital to the private real estate developer tycoon William Rudin at values that may not fairly represent the full market value, the bankruptcy assets transfer was hailed as a health care miracle, because it would replace the Level 1 Trauma Center that was St. Vincent's with a first aid clinic.

But just a mere examination, at first blush, of the beneficial transfer of assets to insider creditors, the jobs that it would create, and the services it would provide, show that this deal is fraught with potential legal challenges.

The transfer of St. Vincent's principal assets -- its real estate -- to the Rudin family, who has always had an ''inside track'' on condo-conversion plans -- may be fraudulent, if the transfer does not happen at full market value prices. There is also community concern that the North Shore-LIJ landlord taking over the first aid clinic is going to hire only non-union employees for the 400 jobs that are expected to be created at the first aid clinic, and that the new clinic will forbid any efforts at collective-bargaining ; presently, only approximately 36 per cent of North Shore-LIJ employees receive union benefits. The services to be provided by the first aid clinic will not be able to treat ''women in labor, patients with severe trauma such as gunshot wounds or open fractures, or those requiring immediate surgery or cardiac interventions.'' In the face of the lack of life-saving services to be provided by the first aid clinic, and even the dishonest comparison of ambulance response times between 2008 and 2009 (even though St. Vincent's closed in 2010), predictably Deputy Mayor Christine Quinn can still be ''encouraged'' by the flimsy outpatient center.

Meanwhile, here is a video of a press conference outside Friday's appellate court hearing in connection with a freedom of information lawsuit.

Why Are They Closing St. Vincent's Hospital? (Pt. 23) - Freedom of Information from g. sosa on Vimeo.

As Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Deputy Mayor Christine Quinn try to destroy the social safety net by trying to close firehouses, shut down senior citizen centers, cut childcare, layoff teachers, pretend like votes don't go missing, build luxury condos on the hallowed ground of St. Vincent's Hospital, make money from government information, and end Progressive Era reforms, we are left to wonder. When will the focus of irresponsible real estate development at the expense of the middle class spark a voter backlash, that will lead to mass protests at the city's legislature, or a revolution of the likes that have been happening elsewhere ? What will be the spark that will trigger mass protests in New York ?

(Christine Quinn is Speaker of the New York City Council, but she has made her bed alongside Mayor Bloomberg on many controversial issues that often times she acts more and more like his Deputy Mayor than an independent voice for Democratic Party ideals.)

Bronx Zoo Cobra Found Alive

Bronx Zoo Cobra Found Alive

A cobra that had been missing for seven days from a reptile exhibit at the Bronx Zoo has been found “alive and well,” Zoo Director James J. Breheny said at a news conference today.

The Egyptian cobra was found inside a non-public area of the zoo’s Reptile House, and was in “really good condition,” Mr. Breheny is quoted as having said, The New York Times reported.

During the time that the cobra had gone missing, she had attracted tabloid media coverage, including a fake Twitter feed that had gone venomously viral and a Facebook page advocating that the cobra host ''Saturday Night Live'' (recalling the Facebook page that helped Betty White to host SNL).

Radiation from Japan Has Been Found in U.S. Milk

Low levels of Japanese Fukushima Radiation Found in U.S. milk ; Government Says, ''Don't Worry, Be Happy!''

What is being described as ''very low levels'' of radiation in the form of radioactive Iodine-131 have been detected in milk samples from Washington state, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday, but U.S. federal officials were desperate to downplay any concern over the safety of the U.S. food supply.

"Radiation is all around us in our daily lives, and these findings are a miniscule amount compared to what people experience every day," Patricia Hansen, senior scientist at the FDA, was quoted by the Associated Press. "A person would be exposed to low levels of radiation on a round-trip cross-country flight, watching television, and even from construction materials."

The radioactive milk sample, which was taken on only one point in time, on March 25, 2011, in Spokane, Washington, does not yet provide any long-term, conclusive results of the ongoing radiation leaks from the Fukushima nuclear power plant. The AP report declared that the level of radiation was supposedly so small that it was ''5,000 times below levels of concern set by the FDA, including levels set for infants and children.''

Meanwhile, if radiation is being detected in milk from Washington state, how long before it is reported to be detected in other agriculture, such as apples, which Washington state is famous for growing ? How long before radiation-contaminated apples make their way into baby food, like canned apple sauce or apple juice ? (It has been widely reported that infants are extremely vulnerable to radioactive Iodine.)

Is your hair mysteriously falling out ? Is your sushi glowing in the dark ? Is your baby's first tooth falling out ? The EPA and FDA say, ''Don't worry, be happy !''

Rupert Murdoch NY Post Censorship & Sexism, Cover-up for Bloomberg Rewarding a Culture of Failure w/ Billions of Tax Payer’s $ by Suzannah B. Troy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhwWzczoKbE

Do you think Mike Bloomberg, Rupert Murdoch and editors from The New York Post would like to join me, Norman Siegel and ACLU representatives on National Television to discuss why I was banned from The New York Post for alleged self promotion.

We can flash my comments up on the screen like referring readers to Aram Roston’s article “Inside the Secret Campaign of Mike Bloomberg” where he reports Bloomberg funneled money to Haggerty two elections in a row.

We can look at my latest on criticizing The New York Post for not following up on Sally Goldenberg’s piece “Kick Backs” which exposes Gartner’s role in “quality control” of Spherion. My question why didn’t Gartner go to the US Attorney and reported being extorted rather than go along with the 20 percent fee they were told to pay by Spherion which amounts in my book to extortion. Being that Gartner charges a steep fee like Spherion consultants they did not care as long as they billed “BigTime” on “CityTime” The Tax Payers Titanic”.

Is this why I was really banned?

Board of Directors -- Partnership for New York City

Associated Partners, LP, K. Rupert Murdoch Chairman & CEO News Corporation. Jeffrey L. Bewkes ... Glenn H. Hutchins Co-CEO Silver Lake, Mary Ann Tighe ...

www.pfnyc.org/bod.html - Cached

http://suzannahbtroy.blogspot.com/2011/03/bloomberg-rewards-culture-of-failure-w.html

I have a series of postings that are worth checking out

http://suzannahbtroy.blogspot.com/2011/03/ny-post-prevents-suzannah-b-troy-from.html

Also note my YouTube account was attacked by Mike Bloomberg’s cyber stalking sock puppet accounts and my channel was removed before the election.

An activist made a wiki page on this censorship and it was attacked by cyber stalking

thugs. The wiki editor suspended two sock puppet accounts but did remove my page because I was not validated enough by main stream media. The same media that refused to report

that Mike Bloomberg was booed non-stop with screams of Tammany Hall at the 100

year Anniversary of The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory an indicator that Bloomberg’s third term is mired in corruption like Ed Koch’s and the people of New York are very angry!

That is pretty significant news to not report. The New York Post, The New York Daily News and The New York Times refused to report Bloomberg being booed and jeered.

This link will be added to the Wiki page that one day will be returned and truly to me personally it is disgusting on Wiki’s part as well.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/28/business/media/28social.html?_r=2

Rally at St. Vincent's on April 30 to Demand a New Hospital for the Lower West Side

Rally to Demand a Hospital to Replace St. Vincent's

Saturday, April 30, 2011, at 2:00 p.m.

2011-04-30 St Vincents Hospital One Year Rally Poster

Rupert Murdoch The New York Post Historical Censorship for pal Mike Bloomberg

The New York refuses to report that Rupert Murdoch’s friend Mike Bloomberg was booed and shouts of Tammany Hall were screamed during the 1oo year anniversary of Triangle Shirt Factory Tragedy yet Mike and Rupert want to get on YouTube and talk to us about immigrants!

Massive censorship and cover-up for Mike Bloomberg and gang by Rupert Murdoch and owners of The NY Times and The NY Daily News. Almost no investigative reporting -- no reporting except stupid fluff pieces.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IO5-kw31uM

http://suzannahbtroy.blogspot.com/2011/03/ny-post-prevents-suzannah-b-troy-from.html

Geraldine Ferraro, Dies at 75 from Blood Cancer

Geraldine A. Ferraro, First Woman on Major Party Ticket, Dies at 75

NYTimes : Geraldine A. Ferraro, a former Conggresswoman from Queens, New York, who was nominated in 1984 to be the Democratic Party's vice presidential candidate, was the first woman nominated for national office by a major political party. She died Saturday in from complications from multiple myeloma, a blood cancer, at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.

Flashback : Watch an excerpt of Geraldine Ferraro's 1984 Vice Presidential Acceptance Speech :

Everybody Is Worried That Christine Quinn Will Probably Defeat The Living Wage Bill

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn refuses to support the Living Wage Bill, just like she squashed the Paid Sick Leave Bill, because she is in bed with special interest groups that oppose the middle class.

The Poverty in America blog has exposed the reason why Speaker Christine Quinn would not endorse the Paid Sick Leave Bill and why Speaker Quinn also opposes the Living Wage Bill : both laws are being targeted for defeat by a shady anti-middle class group calling itself the 5 Boro Chamber Alliance.

The 5 Boro Chamber Alliance was formed in 2009 to take down the Paid Sick Leave Bill, and now it is reportedly organising a political campaign to defeat the Living Wage Bill.

The Poverty in America blog is worried that the Living Wage Bill will be defeated the same way as the Paid Sick Leave Bill was defeated : each were opposed by Speaker Quinn.

''Quinn's silence isn't random; she's declined to take a position on either bill because of pressure from the city's business interests. One of the main business groups that spoke out against paid sick leave was the 5 Boro Chamber Alliance, a group of chambers of congress from around the city,'' reported the Poverty in America blog.

Based on her history, more and more people are worried that we can't count on Speaker Quinn to do the right thing. ''We know what her position was on the paid sick leave bill and how mindful she has been not to cross the business community as she plans a run for mayor in 2013. Let's hope this time the speaker will think first and foremost of the well-being of the great majority of New Yorkers,'' wrote Albor Ruiz from The New York Daily News.

Mike Bloomberg Booed at Triangle Shirt Factory Memorial. You care about safety why are you closing our Fire Houses? by Suzannah B. Troy

http://suzannahbtroy.blogspot.com/2011/03/mike-bloomberg-nyus-evil-roll-in.html

Folks I was too sick to attend so a cel phone was held up for me to hear Mike being booed and the yell why are closing firehouses from an activist! The Unions booed him, the people sick of the lies booed him.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ft87MU-p_XY

Mike Bloomberg, Haggerty, Sock Puppets Cyber Stalking = Mike Bloomberg Can’t or Wont’ be held responsible by Suzannah B. Troy

http://suzannahbtroy.blogspot.com/2011/03/mike-bloomberg-haggerty-bloombergs.html

As His Popularity Sags In This Tough Economy, Mayor Bloomberg Spends $1 Million On Desperate Campaign Commercials

Mayor Michael Bloomberg launches a major TV advertising blitz to fluff his ''reputation,'' even as his goodwill amongst voters shrivels up.

Mayor Bloomberg has reportedly made a media buy of almost $1 million worth of TV commercials that tell the story that he has been ''fighting for New York,'' instead of trying to close firehouses, shut down senior citizen centers, cut childcare, layoff teachers, avoid missing votes, build luxury condos on the hallowed ground of St. Vincent's Hospital, make money from government information, and end Progressive Era reforms. It should come as no surprise that, consequently, Mayor Bloomberg is falling in popularity amongst voters. It's almost as if Mayor Bloomberg's legacy has been flushed down the toilet.

Exodus International Anti-Gay App Has Been Removed By Apple !

Confirmation : Breaking: Apple Pulls Christian “Gay Cure” App

A Search on the Apple App Store over my iPhone Showed That The ''Exodus International'' App Has No Matches.
It Is No Longer Available !

A second search of the App Store on my MacBook matched the same results as my iPhone search : No Matches. Still yet another search of only ''exodus'' likewise turned up no results. Finally, the link to the Exodus International App no longer works.

The ''Exodus International'' App was release last month by the extremist religious group of the same name. The free App was to have provided content, such as "video, podcasts, blog posts and other content" that reflect the group's mission to help people stop being homosexuals. Their approach has been criticised as a vulgar and impossible attempt to ''cure'' LGBT people.

A petition has gathered well over 145,000 signatures to urge Apple to remove the offensive ''Anti-Gay App'' from the App Store.

Bloomberg Time Worst than Guiliani Time, Gay Ed Koch picks Ray Kelly over Gay Christine Quinn by Suzannah B. Troy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNAVJw5RbxQ

Why was Wayne Barrett fired? Tom Robbins leaves The Village Voice in protest. There were times I was greatly frustrated with Barrett imparticular for his support of Bloomberg but than he exposed Bloomberg broke campaign laws which is a misdemeanor A. I called it in to Cy Vance’s newly opened Integrity Hotline and reported Christine Quinn for using her NYC gov. staff on company time for her campaign and submitted a Village Voice article with allegations re: both Bloomberg and Quinn as well as Aram Roston’s piece from The NY Observer: Inside the Secret Campaign of Mike Bloomberg.

http://suzannahbtroy.blogspot.com/2011/03/ed-koch-accidentally-outed-by-suzannah.html

http://cluster.omgit.net/2011/politics/ed-koch-im-ray-kelly-or-christine-quinn

http://mayorbloombergkingofnewyork.blogspot.com/2011/01/rewind-i-call-cy-vances-public.html

http://www.councilpedia.org/index.php?title=Christine_Quinn

True News From Change NYC Blog Has Been Restored

Breaking News ! Update on True News From Change NYC Blog

Gary Tilzer's blog, True News From Change NYC, about New York government corruption, political reporting, and other commentary about government transparency, has been restored. Earlier today, it had been discovered that the True News blog had been suspended by Google for inexplicable reasons overnight. The suspension of the blog had become a focal point of support today by many New York bloggers and activists. No reason for the suspension is yet known, but New York bloggers suspect political censorship might have been one motive behind the removal of the blog.